Legal Opinion

Burns v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 6, 1962No. 39301PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Felton, Chief Judge.

As to the plaintiff in error’s procedural ground of exception to the ground of the defendant in error’s motion for summary judgment, this objection should have been raised in the trial court prior to the hearing on the motion and she cannot be heard to complain for the first time in this court of any such error.

The defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this case was based upon the alleged failure of the plaintiff to exercise ordinary care and diligence for her own safety in walking upon the floor on which she fell. The defendant contended that the deposition…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. CradleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  2. Scott v. Rich's Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  3. Goldsmith v. HazelwoodCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
  4. Rothschild v. First National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  5. Beck v. WadeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. PLANTERS RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. v. ChanceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
  2. Yale & Towne, Inc. v. SharpeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  3. Pippins v. BremanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Herrington v. Stone Mountain Memorial Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  5. WT Grant Company v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967

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